Australia’s schooling system is among the most highly segregated in the OECD. Public schools educate the majority of disadvantaged students, while there is concentrated advantage in private schools.

Australia’s 2024 school year commenced last week with the public education system under ferocious assault. This is not a new phenomenon—successive Labor and Liberal-National governments have for ...

Institutions and agents have largely welcomed Australia’s decision to close a loophole that allows international students to switch to cheaper providers shortly after arriving in the country, but some ...

The beginning of the 2025 school year has seen the release of new data pointing to the depth of the crisis confronting the public education system. Successive Labor and Liberal-National governments ...

Last week, the Productivity Commission released a major report on how to improve Australia’s school and university sectors. “Education is ripe for disruption”, deputy chair Alex Robson said. The ...

Australia’s world-class universities contribute to defence capability, technological innovation and regional capacity building, while also serving as a key source of soft power internationally.

Geostrategic competition is usually seen in terms of military modernization, infrastructure development, technology investment, resource exploitation, or economic statecraft. Education generally isn’t ...